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Atlantis leaves station as NASA eyes shuttles' end (2009-11-25) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver gear to keep the outpost operating after the shuttle program is retired next year.
FBI adds two to "Most Wanted Terrorists" list (2009-11-24) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole and a man wanted in connection with the bombing of a 1982 Pan Am flight have been added to the U.S. government's list of "Most Wanted Terrorists," the FBI said on Tuesday.
"Cancer of fraud" permeates healthcare system (2009-11-24) MIAMI (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act.
Film director Tyler Perry gives $1 million to NAACP (2009-11-24) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director and comic actor Tyler Perry, whose films include the recent "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," has given $1 million to the NAACP in the largest gift ever by a single person to that civil rights group.
Washington Post closing remaining U.S. bureaus (2009-11-24) NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Washington Post is closing its last U.S. bureaus outside the nation's capital as the money-losing newspaper retrenches to focus on politics and local news.
Washington Post will close U.S. bureaus (2009-11-24) NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Washington Post is closing its bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York as the money-losing newspaper retrenches to focus on politics and local news in the nation's capital.
Jury adjourns till Monday in Ponzi fraud case (2009-11-24) ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Accused Ponzi schemer Tom Petters will wait at least six more days to learn his fate after a federal jury adjourned deliberations without reaching a verdict over whether he orchestrated a $3.65 billion fraud.
U.S. urges Americans to help feed their neighbors (2009-11-24) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday urged Americans to volunteer to help feed their neighbors, noting that almost 15 percent of the country's households had a hard time getting enough to eat last year.
Washington Post closing U.S. bureaus (2009-11-24) NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Washington Post is closing its bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York as the money-losing newspaper retrenches to focus on politics and local news in the nation's capital.
Men charged with attempting to support Hezbollah (2009-11-24) PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Two Lebanese men were charged on Tuesday with attempting to provide material support to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah by exporting machine guns to Syria from Philadelphia, U.S. authorities said.